Issue: March 2004
News
BEECHWORTH OPERA
returns after fire
After being cancelled in 2003 because of bushfires, Opera in the Alps 2004 attracted around 2500 people to La Trobe at Beechworth on 24 January.
On a calm peaceful evening, the audience enjoyed a range of works including an emotional rendition of Through the Fire, a light operatic work by local composer Gordon Kerry to commemorate the fires which ravaged the area in the 2002/3 summer. Mr Kerry received an Arts Victoria grant to compose the work.
The private organisation Australian Musical Events-with which La Trobe at Beechworth has a strategic alliance as part of the University's Community Outreach program-organised the event which featured the Orchestra of Victoria, international conductor Thomas Woods, American born soprano Emily Whelan, and other artists.
'The extensive facilities and magni-ficent gardens of La Trobe at Beechworth were key to the University attracting this prestigious annual event,' said campus director, Mr Ian Burke.
'It is a step towards our aim to make La Trobe at Beechworth a major venue for both musical performance and training in regional Victoria,' Mr Burke added.
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